It's snowing outside :)

And it's cosy inside :X

Today at 7:00 Am Lizzie knocked on my door just to tell me that it was snowing outside. I was just happily ran out of my room forgot to bring my coat :D. It was the first time I saw snow and it was fanstatic! It just liked I was living in fairy tale world. Could not believe. It was really amazing walking under snow.

And it's so exciting to know that there are different kinds of snow. There is snow just melt down easily. It looks like flowers. We call it snowflate I guess. And there is snow that not easy to be melt. It's white, round and hard. I dont need to use umbrella with this snow. Maybe there are more kinds than that. Just wait and check it out later on. Interesting!

I joined some presentations which presented to sales responsible globally during retail week today. It was interesting to see many things related to retail. Relized that I know quite many things about it. I was very happy to see new face of markethall. Plan to go to Malmo wk6 to see and experience it. Seems that I love the blue box more than I plan to :D.

The next 2 days is for IKEA way training. I do believe it will inspire me very much. Just wait and see.

:)

I did it! :)

Flowers for BPs dinner

I did it! I successful host the dinner at my room :). I dont know how they feel about the food, but we had good time together :). I have to learn more in hosting people but I did a very good start. Cheersss.

I did buy things on Friday. Sartuday I went out and bought that beautiful flowers. I need to light my corner up :D. And I did buy some juices. No alcohol.

Main theme for today dinner was vegetable. Started with vegetable soup. After that was rice with stir-fry vegetable with pork and fried bacon tamato egg. I told them those food were very simple to make and tasty so I always make them. Lily, Chinese BP just suprised 'cause the food was same as Chinese food :D. Oh I just love the rice I made. It was not plain rice as we always have. I did make it abit American way with some onion, butter, oil and salt. It was very good. HIGH SCORE.

For reflection. I hosted Adian's way. Means I served people. I cooked. I served foods. I cleaned plates. I served drink. And cleaned again. I didnt share time with people much. Maybe I should try Cindy's way next time. To be real host. Means you lead the event. Let people do things by following you. It must more difficult. But let's wait and see.

Anyway dare to host a very mall dinner like today is a very big step for me. Keep doing Hang :).

Decisive

Helsingborg on 2nd Dec 2011

Helsingborg this time for something related to working. Uhm not really but I can say so. I went there for a meeting with my coach. We are working on my self development recently. I'm focusing on develop my social skills now (networking skill you can say). We did it at noon together with lunch. I talked a lot and she was very patient with me. In afternoon I walked around Helsingborg. Just for fun.

Inteligent. Smart. Fantastic... are the words she gave me. And I came back to her. Thanks but it's time for me to show other people too. Just few people know how fantastics I am. I told her that I had decided to change my way of approaching people. One of the thing I would go to do first is invite other Backpackers come over for dinner this weekend. I am going to connect more colleagues by joining FIKA regularly from next week. We'll meet after 2 weeks to see how things go on.

And right after arriving home I did invited all BPs to come over this sunday. I bought almost things needed for food. tomorrow will prepare something more. But it will be very simple.

Decide to change is a process. Noone believe that one day this soon I invite people come over for dinner. But I'm going to do it this sunday. :)

Goodluck to me!!!!

:)

Introduction to Almhult day

Helsingborg

Today I joined "Introduction to Almhult day". I will come back to some of IKEA units later on as I dont think it's enough. Reflection for the day is I still love the pallets most :D.

Other backpackers just came over to my room and we agreed to make visits to all organisation we are in now. COOL. hehe...So I have change to know more about those units I visited today.

So exciting that they are going to know next step next week. Even I'm looking forward to it. haha

Helsingborg again tomorrow. This time I come to have meeting with my coach. I'm going to talk to her about how much more I love myself :D.

Anyway just 3 weeks passed here with IoS but I got quite many things. It's a very big mirror. I got very sharp reflection. haha... I have to change.

Cheersssssss

OPEN

Open - Is it simple word? Is it easy to understand? It is. But it's not easy to be open.

I thought I'm open. But it seems it's not that much. Or in another words. I'm open. But not to everybody.

Recognized that I'm in the same situation, face the same problem as before. And I still could not find better way to deal with it. Uhmmm Meant I havent learnt the lesson. Ah no I leant but havent applied it yet. haha ....

Open - Season's open. Chrismast is in the air. Everywhere. Tomorrow is Advent. The 4th Sunday before Xmas when every house lit up the first candle. From last night every house hangs on star at window. Its great to walk down the street at night this time of the year. Tomorrow I'll join other BPs in Helsingborg for Avent. Cannot wait! :)

Self esteem

Lake in Almhult

Working with my coach recently and we found out the area that we should work with is "Self esteem". What I need to do is "Love myself more and the most".

Sound simple but it's not easy. Anyway I'm happy that at least now I know what I should focus on :).

Reflection

I've got a very nice day today. The weather was just suddenly very very nice. Honey sun shine. Clear blue sky and not very cold. And I joined the other people IKEA culture day.

After sometimes talked about culture in general, IKEA culture in particular we went throuh IKEA museum and together again discuss about IKEA Tillsamman. Of course we would not miss FIKA :). Then we were on bus headed to Ingvar's private house.

At Ingva's house we had lunch. A tipical Swedish pea soup for Thursday and pancake together with some Swedish beer. A coffee again. After that we gathered at living room listened to the lady now takes care of the houses (the maid before) talked about the house and answered many questions we rained on her :D I love it very much listening to stories of Ingvar who invented IKEA in a cosy room with coffee and sunshining around. I finally got understood how he can make it IKEA like today.

It's time for FIKA. Then went out in a group of 3,4 to see the landscape around the house and of course open discuss again about culture, values... We did discuss alot but more about ourselves, our countries, our oganisations...But finally it was all about culture. Because we are such a different so we need something call IKEA culture to connect us together. :)

Back met up again in the house we talked about REFLECTION. And it was the world for me in the day. It's not only I got a big reflection upon myself about IKEA culture and values. But it's the first time I got that good definition about REFLECTION.

Anna gave us below "Well Reflection"

1. Repeat

Repeat what we did, what others did

2. C0mments

How were they? Good? Bad? Why good? Why bad?

3. Review

You like it or not? Do you think you can use it or not? ....

4. Relfect

Make them yours and from that you developed yourself.

And yes I did got reflection. I suddenly found ... how growth I get after last 7 months.